[Half-Inch Stud]

Oh, i got a story. So i sent (maybe dropped em off) 4 68-69 "268" Q-JET bodies and tops to CLIFF's for recoloring, and bought some kits.

Get em back, clean the little blast balls out and get to rebuilding these Hi-Compr carbs for low-Compr use. That means Secondary system is same, fuel delivery is same, Primary needle/seats to match SD-455 carb, ah and uh...

What to do about idle air bleeds (Baseplate holes vs Airhorn bleed holes). So i read CLIFF's book, take notes. Re read a few times because it took a month of Sundays. Done. I bought a fine machinist reamer and did a little reaming.

Test beat all 4; all 4 didn't want to start, nor idle. All 4 had same hesitation in Part-throttle BEFORE transfer to Secondaries. I put the 1050 back on and runs great, sell 3 of the Q-JETs and mentioned my low-compr stumble deal and say they "probably work great on a properly-cammed and compr engine". Got no complaints there.

Go to sell the 68, take 1050 off, put 68 "268" Q-JET on; no start, fires and no idle. So i uhm, ah, well put a Choke plate on it: Starts, idles with Same Vac as the unchoked Holley. And drives okay. Stoopid of me to not use a Choke for about 35 years.